Comparison of Preoperative Assessment of Patient’s Metabolic Equivalents (METs) Estimated from History versus Measured by Exercise Cardiac Stress Testing

Table 1

Activities and their MET equivalents.

METs	Activity
1	Eating, getting dressed, working at a desk
2	Showering, walking down eight steps
3	Walking on a flat surface for one or two blocks
4	Raking leaves, weeding or pushing a power mower, walking up two flights of stairs
5	Walking four miles per hour, social dancing, washing a car
6	Nine holes of golf carrying clubs, heavy carpentry using a push mower
7	Digging, spading soil, singles tennis, carrying 60 pounds
8	Moving heavy furniture, jogging slowly, rapidly climbing stairs, carrying 20 pounds upstairs
9	Bicycling at a moderate pace, sawing wood, slow jumping rope
10	Brisk swimming, bicycling uphill, walking briskly, uphill jogs 6 mph
11	Cross-country skiing, full-court basketball
12	Running continuously at 8 mph